This list of museums in Portland, Oregon encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.
Museums Name Neighborhood Area Type Summary 3D Center of Art and Photography Art Antique and contemporary 3D imagery, currently closed and seeking new locationArchitectural Heritage Center Buckman Southeast Art - Architecture Website; changing exhibits about architecture and artBlue Sky Gallery Pearl District Northwest Art Photography gallery Cooley Gallery Eastmoreland Southeast Art Website; part of Reed College Gallery 114 Old Town Chinatown Northwest Art website, non-profit artists' collective and gallery in all media Hat Museum Hosford-Abernethy Southeast Commodity - Hats Website; displays a selection of most characteristic styles of past eras; in the Ladd-Reingold House; open for private tours for costumers, fashion and history academics and for millinery students Kidd's Toy Museum Buckman Southeast Toy Includes mechanical banks; trains, planes and automobiles; character toys; police badges; railroad locks, lanterns and related items; early Oregon memorabilia; teddy bears and dolls; and holiday collectibles Movie Madness Video Sunnyside Southeast Media Video rental shop and museum of film history with costumes, props and Hollywood memorabiliaMuseum of Odd History University Park North Fraternal History History of Odd Fellows and their contributions to the development of North Portland WebsiteOregon Historical Society Museum Downtown Southwest Multiple State history, science, artOregon Jewish Museum and Centre for Holocaust Education Northwest District Northwest Ethnic - Jewish Jewish culture in Oregon, America and the world, art, history Japanese American Museum of Oregon Old Town Chinatown Northwest Ethnic - Japanese Website; lives and contributions of Oregon's Nikkei community, located in Portland's old Japantown areaOregon Maritime Museum Downtown Southwest Maritime Located on the steam sternwheeler Portland in Tom McCall Waterfront ParkOregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Hosford-Abernethy Southeast Science Also includes the USS Blueback (SS-581) submarine and a planetariumOregon Rail Heritage Center Hosford-Abernethy Southeast Railroad Vintage railroad equipment, including steam and diesel locomotives and passenger coaches Pacific Northwest College of Art Galleries Pearl District Northwest Art Campus includes twelve public exhibition galleries, two professional galleries and ten spaces reserved for student and community showingsPittock Mansion Hillside Northwest Historic house 22 room French Renaissance estate situated on Portland Art Museum Downtown Southwest Art Includes centers for Native American, Northwest art, and modern and contemporary art, Asian art, an outdoor public sculpture garden, and the Northwest Film Center Portland Community College Cascade Gallery Humboldt Northeast Art Website, on the Cascade Campus Portland Community College North View Gallery Far Southwest Southwest Art Website, on the Sylvania CampusPortland Institute for Contemporary Art Downtown Southwest Art Contemporary performance and visual artsPortland Police Museum Downtown Southwest Police Photographs, equipment, uniforms, and documents; run by the Portland Police Historical Society Portland Puppet Museum Southeast Uplift Southeast Puppet website Portland State University School of Art & Design Galleries Downtown Southwest Art Website. MK, Autzen, AB Lobby and Broadway Galleries Stark's Vacuum Museum Kerns Northeast Commodity - Vacuum cleaners Collection of 300 items includes the two-person-operated Busy-Bee (one person pumps, the other vacuums); operated by Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Sales & Service VintageTek Hayhurst Southwest Technology website, historic Tektronix equipmentWells Fargo History Museum Downtown Southwest History Wells Fargo Company in Oregon history; includes a 19th-century stagecoach, an interactive telegraph, a life-size reproduction of a turn-of-the-20th-century bank, and a treasure box used to carry gold long distances. This museum has closed.World Forestry Center Washington Park Southwest Industry - Forestry Forest industry, importance and natural history of forestsJordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State UniversityDowntownSouthwestArtwebsite Free Academic Museum on the Portland State University campus, with changing exhibitions featuring national and international artists
Defunct museums American Advertising Museum, closed 2004 The Faux Museum, closed January 2015 Velveteria, closed January 2010 Museum of Contemporary Craft, closed 2016 Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, museum closed 2008 Portland Children's Museum, closed June 2021
See also Culture of Portland, Oregon List of museums in Oregon
References
External links
Oregon Museums Association